ORDER :

1. The petitioner is before this Court calling in question proceedings in S.C.No.664 of 2022 arising out of Crime No.54 of 2021 registered for offences punishable under Sections 376, 376(2)(n), 354, 323, 406, 504, 506 r/w 34 of the IPC pending before the LIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru. Page No.2 is retyped and replaced vide chamber order dated 14.03.2023.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, facts in brief, are as follows:-

The 2nd respondent is the complainant and the petitioner is the accused. The two became acquaintances. The acquaintance turned into relationship and the relationship into sexual relationship. This is said to have gone on for a long period. The allegation is that on the pretext of marriage, the petitioner had sexual intercourse with the 2nd respondent/complainant and has later breached the promise of marriage and, therefore, the contention is that consent of the complainant was obtained by inducement on false promise of marriage. On the said alegation, the 2nd respondent registers a crime in Crime No.54 of 2021 for the afore-quoted offences. The Police, after investigation, file a charge sheet in the matter and the case is now register